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Leiden 2008

Migration Matters

University of Leiden, The Netherlands
25-28 June 2008

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Panel participants and schedule

Leiden 2008

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Eleventh Biennial MESEA Conference Moments

Wednesday evening reception, hosted by the City of Graz and the Mayor Siegfried Nagl at City Hall

Keynote speaker David L. Eng in conversation with Simon Whybrew and Ewa Adamkiewicz

Local co-organizer Ewa Adamkiewicz introduces David L. Eng’s opening keynote

Eng speaks about his current book project <em>Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans</em> co-authored with Shinhee Han — Eng speaks about his current book project Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans co-authored with Shinhee Han

Listening to David L. Eng’s keynote lecture “(Gay) Panic Attack”

David L. Eng engages with the audience during his keynote

Many questions, little time: Audience questions during Eng’s keynote lecture

David L. Eng in conversation with the audience

A short break between keynote lecture and opening ceremony

Local co-organizer Klaus Rieser managing the audio support of the evening event in the Aula

Valentina Ostovary, Ewa Adamkiewicz, Klaus Rieser, and Markus Diepold say thank you to this year’s local main organizer Silvia Schultermandl

Silvia Schultermandl and City of Graz cultural attaché Dr. Günter Riegler (ÖVP)

Local main organizer Silvia Schultermandl explains the genesis of this year’s MESEA look

University of Graz Vice Dean of the Humanities Ineke Mennen and MESEA President Yiorgos Kalogeras congratulate the winners of this year’s Young Scholars Excellence Award Tatiana Prorokova and Daniel Valella

Silvia Schultermandl and Ewa Adamkiewicz with an artwork by Valentina Ostovary

Time for celebrating MESEA’s 20s anniversary and this year’s conference

A glimpse into the conference reception

A glimpse into the conference reception

The opening keynote and opening ceremony sparked interest among many local students

A glimpse into the conference reception

Studying the conference program: Second day, second keynote lecture

Silvia Schultermandl introduces the second keynote speaker May Friedman

Radka Denemarková, currently StadtschreiberIn-Fellow, reads from her novel <em>Money from Hitler</em> — Radka Denemarková, currently StadtschreiberIn-Fellow, reads from her novel Money from Hitler

In her talk, May Friedman explores interconnections of embodiment, kinship, and representation using autoethnographic methods

Friedman engages with the audience during her keynote lecture

Audience reactions after May Friedman’s keynote lecture “The Body Speaks: Kinship, Representation, and Embodiment.”

Audience questions during Friedman’s keynote lecture

Coffee breaks make the day go round

Conference participants engaging during a coffee break

Klaus Rieser introduces the third keynote speaker Daniela Berghahn

Daniela Berghahn speaks about “Forging and Severing Family Ties in Diasporic European Cinema.”

A glimpse into this year’s Poetry Reading Event on Friday evening

MESEA members stand in line to step onto the City Hall’s balcony

A glimpse into this year’s Poetry Reading Event on Friday evening

A glimpse into this year’s Poetry Reading Event on Friday evening

A glimpse into this year’s Poetry Reading Event on Friday evening

This year’s tote bags

Next day, next coffee break

Conference participants engaging during a coffee break

Coffee break

Coffee break

Fourth keynote speaker Robert Pichler shortly before his keynote lecture

Conference participants listening and taking notes during Pichler’s keynote “Kinship and Ethnicity in the Balkans: Social Realities, Concepts of Belonging and National Ideologies”

View from the City Hall’s balcony, including Hauptplatz, Schlossberg, and the clock tower

Robert Pichler pays tribute to Karl Kaser, Professor for Southeast-European History and Anthropology at the University of Graz

Keynote Speaker Pichler taking questions during the Q&A

MESEA President Yiorgos Kalogeras addresses MESEA members and conference participants

In closing the conference Ludmila Martanovschi and Yiorgos Kalogeras thank the local organizers

In closing the conference Ludmila Martanovschi and Yiorgos Kalogeras thank the local organizers

It’s hard to say good bye: full house during the farewell conference dinner

MESEA members mingling during the reception at City Hall

A glimpse into the registration office

Waiting for the opening keynote and opening ceremony in the University of Graz Aula

Keynote speakers David L. Eng and Daniela Berghahn during the evening event

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MESEA Biennial Conferences

1^st MESEA Conference, Heidelberg 1998

2^nd MESEA Conference, Orléans 2000

3^rd MESEA Conference, Padua 2002

4^th MESEA Conference, Thessaloniki 2004

5^th MESEA Conference, Pamplona 2006

6^th MESEA Conference, Leiden 2008

7^th MESEA Conference, Pécs 2010

8^th MESEA Conference, Barcelona 2012

9^th MESEA Conference, Saarbrücken 2014

10^th MESEA Conference, Warsaw 2016

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